Subgen. IV. Mariscus. 499 



(1902) 296; E. G. Camus in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine VII. (1912) 32. — Pycreus hyalinus 

 Domin in Bibl. bot. Heft 85. (1915) 417 in adnot.; Fischer in Gamble, Fl. Madr. IX. (1931) 

 1627. — Queenslandiella mira Domin, 1. c. 416, t. XI, fig. 7 — 13 (sec. descr. et icon.). — 

 Queenslandiella hyalina Ballard in Hook. Icon. pl. III. 1. (1933) t. 3208. — Mariscopsis 

 suaveolens Chermezon in Bull. Mus. Paris. XXV. (1919) 60, in Ann. Mus. colon. Marseille 

 3. ser. VII. (1919) 43 et Catal. PI. Madag. (1931) 8. — Mariscopsis hyalinus Ballard in 

 Ke.v Bull. (1932) 457. — Annuus. Radix fibrosa, fibrillis numerosis tenuibus. Culmi 

 plures caespitosi 8 — 20 cm alti subcompresso-trigoni rigidiores vel graciliores laeves 

 inferne foliati. Folia culmo longiora vel breviora 2 — 3^/^ mm lata plana breviter aeu- 

 minata, vaginae brunneae rubro-striolatae punctulataeque. Bracteae 4 — 6 patentes, 

 inferiores anthelam longe superantes. Anthela simplex 3 — 6-radiata, radii inaequales ad 

 6 cm longi graciles patentes e prophyllis tubulosis ore oblique sectis exsurgentes. Spicae 

 oblongo-ovatae 10 — 14 mm longae 8 — 10 mm latae obtusae sublaxi-spiculosae. Spiculae 

 distichae divaricatae ellipticae vel oblongo-ellipticae 4 — 10 mm longae 2 — 2^2 nim latae 

 acutiusculae valde compressae 4 — 8-florae. Squamae laxe imbricatae ovatae vel ovato- 

 lanceolatae e carina viridi spinuloso-.scabra acuta prominente in mucronem validum 

 excurvum excurrentes lateribus stramineo-brunneae vel demum ferrugineae 7 — 9-costatae 

 marginibus albo-hyalinae. Stamina 2, antherae minutae. Stylus profunde bifidus. Nux 

 1/2 squamae aequans obovata compresso-biconvexa brunnea demum nigricans dense albo- 

 punctulata apice retuso-truncata. 



Trop. Ostafrika: Zanzibar (Boivin). Deutsch-Ostafrika: Usaramo, auf feuchtem 

 Sandboden bei Daressalam (Holtz n. 300!). Portug.-Ostafrika: Mozambique (Prelado 

 n. 5!, O. Kuntze n. 303). — Malagassisches Gebiet: Feuchte Wiesen in Nord- 

 Madagaskar (Bernier n. 33). Mauritius, Mare Samson (Vaughan n. B. 46, 46a). — 

 Vorderindisches Gebiet: Bombay, in der Vorstadt Sion (Wood row). Südindien: 

 Pulney Hills 1800 m (Anglade); Coimbatore Distr. bei Satiamangalan (A. W. Lu- 

 sh ing ton , C. E. C. Fischer); Madras, Monamputta, in Reisfeldern (Wight n. 1808! 

 2864, Wal lieh n. 3336 C. p. p.!); Laccadive Isl. (Prain). Ceylon (Trimen). —Mon- 

 sungebiet: Malayischer Archipel: Borneo (Motley nach Merrill). West-Java, 

 in der Ebene bei Batavia (Backer in Herb. mus. Buitenzorg.). Timor, Koepang (R. 

 Brown). Nord-Queensland: kurzgrasige Durchtriebe bei Chillagoe auf Kalk (Do- 

 min). II in terindien: Annam. Tonkin: Sept Pagodes (Mouret); Ninh-binh (Bon). 

 Überall sehr zerstreut. 



var. ß. substerilis (E. G. Camus) Kükenth. comb. nova. — Pycreus pumilus var. 

 substerilis E. G. Camus in Lecomte, Not. syst. I. (1910) 241 et in Fl. Indo-Chine, 1. c. 32. — 

 Spiculae numerosae pauciHorae, floribui? saepe sterilibus. Folia et bracteae latae et longae. 



Cochinchina (Pierre). 



Nota. Etsi distiginalira haec species carina squamarum prominente et notis aliis adeo 

 arcte cum C. assimilis Steud. et C. panavicnsis (Clarke) Britton cohaeret, ut mihi impossibile videtur, 

 in charactere unico nunieri stigmatum genus vel subgenus proprium monotypicum fundare. 



484. C. assimilis Steud. in Flora XXV. (1842) 584 et Synops. Cyper. (1855) 13; Boeck. 

 in Linnaea XXXV. (1868) 579; Engler, Hochgebirgsfl. trop. Afr. (1892) 140. — Courloisia 

 assimilis C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. V. (1895) 596, in Thiselt.-Dyer, 

 Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 404 et Illustr. Cyper. (1909) t. XXXII. — Annuus. Culmi 

 plures dense caespitosi 4 — 18 cm alti compresso-triangulares laeves sulcati subinfirmi 

 inferne 1 — 2-foliati. Folia culmum aequantia complicato-plana 1 — 2 mm lata herbacea, 

 vaginae brunneae. Bracteae 3 anthelam longe superantes demum patentes. Anthela 

 composita 5 — 8-radiata laxa, radii ad 6 cm longi graciles sulcati laeves divergentes. Spicae 

 globosae 8 — 12 mm diam. densae. Spiculae 4 — 12-nim confertae radiantes oblongo-ellip- 

 ticae vel ellipticae 4 — 8 mm longae 2^4 mm latae valde compressae 4 — 12-florae. Rhachilla 

 tenuis alata. Squamae ellipticae celluloso-reticulatae prominenter et acute carinatae, 

 carina viridi demum brunnea anguste alata in mucronem validum excurvum desinente, 

 lateribus bisulcatae luteae demum aureo-brunneae enerves. Stamina 3. Stylus longus 



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